A crash in Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), late on the night of February 4, 2018, left a car’s passenger dead and a family no doubt searching for answers about filing insurance claims. According to reports, the deadly two-car collision happened when the driver of the car in which the passenger was riding attempted to…
Hundreds of thousands of closed head injuries occur each year in the United States. Two of the most-common causes are traffic accidents and falls. Very simply, and as explained on the U.S. Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus website, “A closed head injury means you received a hard blow to the head from striking an object, but…
The driver who hit and killed a road crew worker on I-95 south of Petersburg, Virginia (VA), admitted to looking down and taking her eyes off the road in the seconds before the fatal collision. This latest deadly distracted driving crash happened at around 11:15 am on February 3, 2018. The deceased victim…
One of the most important parts of any vehicle is the brakes. If the brakes are defective, the risk of being in a vehicle accident spikes considerably. Many drivers are not aware that there is an issue with the brakes until it is too late. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), brake…
A tractor-trailer driver who ignored two lane closure warnings is being blamed for a wreck in Southampton county, Virginia (VA), that sent three VDOT workers to hospitals with serious injuries. The three-vehicle collision happened near the intersection of U.S. 58/Southampton Parkway and State Rout 718/Arringdale Road on the morning of January 31, 2018. …